New pages / parts of speech

John Burton John.Burton at anu.edu.au
Thu Sep 27 11:04:19 EST 2001


Thanks Jerry.

You will notice I have added three new pages (generated by the database):

Last Fifteen - indexes the last fifteen entries to be edited
Parts of speech - gives summary stats for the parts of speech that I have
been classified senses into
Usage classification - gives summary stats for the usages that I have been
classified senses into

The whole question of parts of speech needs looking into. Mihalic's
'Grammar' was thorough but too formal becuase many words in TP are multi-use
entities. You will notice I use only 'mdoifier' where he had adjectives and
adverbs. You will also notice I use 'Noun/modifier' where nouns (yes, these
exist) are also modifiers. But should we call some words 'Multiuse' or some
such term?

Example: sut
sut - it's a noun ("injection")
han sut - it's a modifier (an adjective)
bel bilong mi sut - it's an intransitive verb

Also:
pekpek sut - it's a noun phrase (diarrhoea)
pekpek sut - it's a verb phrase (mi pekpek sut long toilet etc)

Otherwise, how is the organisation of the pages so far?

John Burton


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